America is in the hands of its enemies
Trump is trying to gaslight the entire country, and the Deporable One-third at least are falling for it.
President Trump told former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in an interview that mainstream media’s coverage of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “almost treasonous.”
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On his show on Trinity Broadcasting Network that aired Saturday, Huckabee asked Trump if he trusts Kim Jong Un, and the president said he certainly does.
Trump said he’s had a “very good relationship” with the North Korean leader and “we have a good chemistry together.”
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“First of all, we came to a wonderful agreement, it’s a shame the fake news covers it the way they do… It’s almost treasonous, you want to know the truth,” Trump said.
Let’s tot this up, shall we? Kim Yong Un got international credibility, an end of joint military exercises on his border, and probably a Trump hotel some day. America got another iteration of a vague expression of a desire to ‘denuclearize’ someday — which North Korea has been saying for almost 3-decades.
There are only two plausible explanations here: Trump is actually as stupid as he often seems to be, or he is a puppet in the hands of Vladimir Putin.
But even a stupid but well-intended man ought to have some intuitive sense of right and wrong, of what is good for his country and what harms it, should at least want what is good for the country. A stupid man would at least hear the experts who protest against …
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Systematically dismantling the Atlantic alliance
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Raising tariffs that stoke inflation that eats his tax cuts
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Snatching nursing babies from their mother’s breast
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Summarily exiting NAFTA
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Summarily exiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Summarily exiting the Iranian nuclear agreement
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Summarily exiting the Paris climate accords
Trump invariably chooses the course that is against America’s interests. I no longer accept that is because of good faith differences. America is in the hands of its enemies.